Bill Gates
Bill Gates
William Henry "Bill" Gates IIIis an American business magnate, entrepreneur, philanthropist, investor, and programmer. In 1975, Gates and Paul Allen co-founded Microsoft, which became the world's largest PC software company. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of chairman, CEO and chief software architect, and was the largest individual shareholder until May 2014. Gates has authored and co-authored several books...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth28 October 1955
CitySeattle, WA
CountryUnited States of America
Well, I don't think there's any need for people to focus on my career.
Capitalism has worked very well. Anyone who wants to move to North Korea is welcome.
Microsoft is not about greed. It's about innovation and fairness.
I read a lot of obscure books and it is nice to open a book.
Me and my dad are the biggest promoters of an estate tax in the US. It's not a popular position.
I'm cooler than you. WAAAY cooler.
Computers are great because when you're working with them you get immediate results that let you know if your program works. It's feedback you don't get from many other things.
We're responsible for the creation of the PC industry. The whole idea of compatible machines and lots of software, that's something we brought to computing. And so it's a responsibility for us to make sure that things like security don't get in the way of that dream.
I'm sorry that we have to have a Washington presence. We thrived during our first 16 years without any of this. I never made a political visit to Washington and we had no people here. It wasn't on our radar screen. We were just making great software.
Innovations that are guided by smallholder farmers, adapted to local circumstances, and sustainable for the economy and environment will be necessary to ensure food security in the future.
Like almost everyone who uses e-mail, I receive a ton of spam every day. Much of it offers to help me get out of debt or get rich quick. It would be funny if it weren't so exciting.
Make it just like a Mac.
(On being the world's richest man) I wish I wasn't... There's nothing good that comes out of that. You get more visibility as a result of it.
Every company can choose whether to lead or follow the emerging digital trends.